December 7th, 1941 PEARL HARBOR!
The attack on Pearl Harbor was preceded by months of negotiations between the U.S. and Japan over the future of the Pacific. Japanese demands included that the U.S. end its sanctions against Japan, cease aiding China in the Second Sino-Japanese War, and allow Japan to access the resources of the Dutch East Indies. Japan sent out its naval attack group on November 26, 1941, just prior to receiving the Hull note, which stated the U.S. desire that Japan withdraw from China and French Indochina. Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, planned the attack as a pre-emptive strike on the Pacific Fleet, based at Pearl Harbor since 1940 in order to prevent it from interfering with Japan’s planned actions in Southeast Asia. Yamamoto hoped that the strike would enable Japan to make quick territorial gains and negotiate a peace. In addition to Pearl Harbor, over seven hours Japan launched coordinated attacks on the U.S.-held Philippines, Guam, and Wake Island; and on the British Empire in Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong.
I never understood how I was so into this event because I didn’t have any family members that were involved with this event or well none that I know of. Ever since I could remember I needed to research the cause and effect behind this attack. I never believe the media explanation of the events, there was no way the Japanese just attacked the U.S without cause.
The reason I was able to research was the U.S was cutting off a very important resource that the Japanese needed to survive. So the Japanese had no choose but to strike.
Majority of the wars throughout history has been about resources! If we were able to live life as equal and learn how to share instead of hoarding, we can accomplish world peace! But that’s a pipe dream, LMAO!
